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Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The main aim of N.A.T.O. was _______.

  1. To spread socialism in western countries

  2. To stop the spread communism

  3. To help the far east countries

  4. To assist UNO in establishing world peace
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B Correct answer
Explanation
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is formed in 1949 during the cold war. It was a military alliance between the territory of North America and Europe with the purpose to defend each other from the Communist Soviet Union gaining control over their nation. 
Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

What is the capital of Israel?

  1. Palestine

  2. Jerusalem

  3. Vatican City

  4. Tel Aviv
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Jerusalem is the capital city of Israel as per the government of Israel. But most of the world nations is yet to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The Potsdam Conference provided for all the following except:

  1. <span>The</span>&nbsp;division of Germany into four occupied zones

  2. <span>The</span>&nbsp;payment of reparations to the Allies

  3. <span>The</span>&nbsp;reorganization of the Soviet government

  4. <span>The</span>&nbsp;acknowledgment that Poland could keep the German territory it had claimed

  5. <span>The</span>&nbsp;conversion of the German economy to agriculture and light industry
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945 . it stood for all except the reorganization of the Soviet government

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The Cold War ended primarily because ________.

  1. Germans destroyed the Berlin Wall

  2. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduced new policies

  3. The United States defeated communism in Vietnam

  4. The United States created a rebel army in Nicaragua

  5. The workers of Poland staged a series of strikes
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Cold War ended primarily because Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduced new policies.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste on the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." The phrase "iron curtain," coined in 1947, refers to the:

  1. Marshall Plan, which provided millions of dollars in U.S. aid to any nation in Europe that requested it

  2. Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II

  3. borderline between nations under Soviet communist influence and the rest of the world

  4. borderline between Northern and Southern Europe

  5. concrete wall that divided East Berlin from West Berlin
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase "iron curtain," coined in 1947, refers to the:borderline between nations under Soviet communist influence and the rest of the world.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put up a wall to keep our people in, to keep them from leaving us. The speaker most likely made this speech during which of the following conflicts?

  1. World War I

  2. World War II

  3. Cold War

  4. Korean War

  5. Vietnam War
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Cold War- The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states, and the United States with its allies after World War II.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The GI Bill of Rights altered U.S. society by _______.

  1. Admitting women to the U.S. military and naval academies

  2. Making it possible for millions of veterans to attend college

  3. Integrating the armed forces

  4. Guaranteeing civilian employment to all veterans

  5. Creating the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Making it possible for millions of veterans to attend college.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

Which of the following is a classic American novel of adolescent rebellion?

  1. Moby-Dickby Herman Melville

  2. The Catcher in the Ryeby J. D. Salinger

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  4. My ntonia by Willa Cather

  5. The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Catcher in the Ryeby J. D. Salinger.

Multiple choice political science world after 1945 cold war aftermath of world war -ii events in the 20th century the united nations (u.n.) united nation organisation (u.n.o) international institutions

The Potsdam Conference was convened in July 1945 so that _______.

  1. Allied leaders could decide how to handle postwar Germany

  2. Allied leaders could determine how to handle the occupation of Japan

  3. The Soviet Union and the United States could decide how to divide China

  4. Plans could be made for the Soviet Union to invade Japan

  5. Japan and the United States could draw up a peace agreement
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Potsdam Conference was held to negotiate terms for the end of World War II, specifically focusing on the administration of defeated Germany.